Looking into getting a winch for my BF. I know Warn is a great winch, but what about Ramsey? I found a Warn RT30 & mount for 419 shipped, and a Ramsey3000 wireless for 428 shipped. Is Ramsey equal to/better/worse than Warn? Thanks

 

i think they are pretty close in quality....for just over $500 you can get the Warn XT30, which has the wireless remote and synthetic cable...

 

My bud just got a 3000lb gorilla winch for something like 60 bucks from amazon.com.... then add shipping and take off $30 for applying for the credit card and I think he got it for $40. I think it has a lifetime warranty too. If not lifetime,,, its really long anyway.

I've been beatin the **** out of superwinches for yrs. I know they last forever!

 

you can read about the problems with Gorilla winches on the net, you get what you pay for....there is a reason they are that cheap...

 

Superwinch in action today! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]





That was tougher than it looks!

 

I dont know anything about the gorillas other than what he told me. I DO know from experience though that superwinches are tough! I use them for winching logs around and hoisting engines and cars or whatever. OSHA would have a fit if it was a commecial operation. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

The winch in the pic was $95 shipped with a ****** block.

 

nice pics, just carefull when you put your machine against a tree and pull with winch, can torque the whole frame doing that...

i've got a gorilla sitting in the garage, made a rear mount for the popo when i had it, worked ok, but wouldn't want to rely on it, but they do okay for basic winching and basically a throw away winch since they are cheap, along with several others on the market

 

Hmmm.... ok... I'll relay the message about the gorilla.

I had a chain wrapped around the tree with the other end of the cable hooked to it, so the tree was doing most of the pulling. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

....and the other pic all the pulleys were hooked to the plow, so, most likely, the plow would have come off if the worst were to happen. What you cant really see in that pic is the cable attached to the trailer ball and to another tree out-of-frame. So, the whole quad is being stretched. Btw, I almost uprooted the other tree! That was a HARD pull! At least 8000lbs of force there.

 

Thanks for your help. I just stumbled upon a good deal for a Warn XT30 on eBay.

 

send me a message I have a new warn winch and mount still in the box I will make you a great deal on it its a new warn rt2500 and mount for brute force